The Mudd Club - Revision history

Jason.Kreitzer at 13:26, 2 August 2021

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Spider of Destiny at 11:07, 13 November 2020

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Spider of Destiny at 18:12, 6 May 2011

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Tonefish: Category:Appearances

2008-07-02T11:17:01Z

Category:Appearances

Tonefish: plain-speak/TriBeCa link

2008-06-23T03:41:33Z

plain-speak/TriBeCa link

Tonefish: CC for movie Trouble Every Day

2008-06-22T17:08:24Z

CC for movie Trouble Every Day

Duncan: moved link to song to top of page

2008-06-22T08:32:59Z

moved link to song to top of page

Duncan: performance

2008-06-22T08:27:07Z

performance

Tonefish: FZ as 'DJ' airplay comment link to club

2008-06-19T16:09:31Z

FZ as 'DJ' airplay comment link to club

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 [[The Mudd Club]] was a 'loft' niteclub, located in the [[Wikipedia:TriBeCa|TriBeCa]], at 77 White Street in downtown Manhattan. Opened in October 1978 by publisher Steve Mass, art curator Diego Cortez and singer Anya Philips the club quickly became a major fixture in the city's underground music and counterculture scene.
-With gender-neutral bathrooms, a rotating gallery on the fourth floor and live performances showcasing punk rock, new wave, and experimental music [[The Mudd Club]] acquired a chic, often elitist reputation and was frequented by many of Manhattan's up-and-coming cult celebrities- such as artists [[Wikipedia:Jean Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]] and Haring and musicians like Talking Heads' David Byrne and [[Adrian Belew]]. It's popularity increased in proportion to the decline of uptown's [[Studio 54]], a club also referred to in the above song.<br>
+With gender-neutral bathrooms, a rotating gallery on the fourth floor and live performances showcasing punk rock, new wave, and experimental music [[The Mudd Club]] acquired a chic, often elitist reputation and was frequented by many of Manhattan's up-and-coming cult celebrities- such as artists [[Wikipedia:Jean Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]] and Haring and musicians like Talking Heads' David Byrne and [[Adrian Belew]]. Its popularity increased in proportion to the decline of uptown's [[Studio 54]], a club also referred to in the above song.<br>
 On a number of occasions [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and air his favorite musical selections on radio stations, or in discotheques. He referred to one such nocturnal DJ residency at [[The Mudd Club]], on a similar DJ appearance on BBC Radio 1's [[Star Special]], as he introduced his 18th selection;

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 With gender-neutral bathrooms, a rotating gallery on the fourth floor and live performances showcasing punk rock, new wave, and experimental music [[The Mudd Club]] acquired a chic, often elitist reputation and was frequented by many of Manhattan's up-and-coming cult celebrities- such as artists [[Wikipedia:Jean Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]] and Haring and musicians like Talking Heads' David Byrne and [[Adrian Belew]]. It's popularity increased in proportion to the decline of uptown's [[Studio 54]], a club also referred to in the above song.<br>
-On a number of occasions [[FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and air his favorite musical selections on radio stations, or in discotheques. He referred to one such nocturnal DJ residency at [[The Mudd Club]], on a similar DJ appearance on BBC Radio 1's [[Star Special]], as he introduced his 18th selection;
+On a number of occasions [[Biography|FZ]] took on the role of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and air his favorite musical selections on radio stations, or in discotheques. He referred to one such nocturnal DJ residency at [[The Mudd Club]], on a similar DJ appearance on BBC Radio 1's [[Star Special]], as he introduced his 18th selection;
 <blockquote>"When I was in New York I went to this, er, club, called '''The Mudd Club''', and I was a disc jockey there for a night and I brought in a bunch of records and tried them out on the clientele at this particular establishment. One toon that got their buttocks pumping up and down in quite a frenzied manner was this next number, erm, by The Plastics. Its called “Robot”.<br><br>

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 *The 2001 existentialist film [[Wikipedia:Trouble Every Day|Trouble Every Day]], titled after a Zappa track, features [[Wikipedia:Vincent Gallo|Vincent Gallo]]; Also known as 'Prince Vince'. In 1979 Gallo was a musician in [[Wikipedia:Jean Michel Basquiat|Basquiat's]] band ''Gray'', which performed in '''The Mudd Club''', Max's Kansas City and [[Wikipedia:CBGB|CBGB]].
-*Basquiat and Gallo also appeared in the 1981 film "New York Beat Movie", retitled "[[Wikipedia:Downtown 81|Downtown 81]]", for which a multimedia CD is available that provides an insight into '''The Mudd Club''' scene, containing tracks such as "The Closet" by Lydia Lunch, "Bob The Bob" by The Lounge Lizards, "Copy" by The Plastics and "Cheree" by Suicide, along with other ditties by [[Wikipedia:Chris Stein|Chris Stein]] and Gray: Jean Michel Basquiat In '''Downtown 81''', Original Soundtrack.
+*Basquiat and Gallo also appeared in the 1981 film "New York Beat Movie", retitled "[[Wikipedia:Downtown 81|Downtown 81]]", for which a multimedia CD is available that provides an insight into '''The Mudd Club''' scene, containing tracks such as "The Closet" by Lydia Lunch, "Bob The Bob" by The Lounge Lizards, "Copy" by [[The Plastics]] and "Cheree" by Suicide, along with other ditties by [[Wikipedia:Chris Stein|Chris Stein]] and Gray: Jean Michel Basquiat In '''Downtown 81''', Original Soundtrack.
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-This article is about the club for details of the song see [[Mudd Club]]
+This article is about the club: [[The Mudd Club]]<br>
 <blockquote>MUDD CLUB<br>
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 [[The Mudd Club]] was a 'loft' niteclub, located in the TriBeCa, at 77 White Street in downtown Manhattan. Opened in October 1978 by publisher Steve Mass, art curator Diego Cortez and singer Anya Philips the club quickly became a major fixture in the city's underground music and counterculture scene.
-With gender-neutral bathrooms, a rotating gallery on the fourth floor and live performances showcasing punk rock, new wave, and experimental music [[The Mudd Club]] acquired a chic, often elitist reputation and was frequented by many of Manhattan's up-and-coming cult celebrities- such as artists Basquiat and Haring and musicians like Talking Heads' David Byrne and [[Adrian Belew]]. It's popularity increased in proportion to the decline of uptown's [[Studio 54]], a club also referred to in the above song.<br>
+With gender-neutral bathrooms, a rotating gallery on the fourth floor and live performances showcasing punk rock, new wave, and experimental music [[The Mudd Club]] acquired a chic, often elitist reputation and was frequented by many of Manhattan's up-and-coming cult celebrities- such as artists [[Wikipedia:Jean Michel Basquiat|Basquiat]] and Haring and musicians like Talking Heads' David Byrne and [[Adrian Belew]]. It's popularity increased in proportion to the decline of uptown's [[Studio 54]], a club also referred to in the above song.<br>
 On a number of occasions [[FZ]] would don the mantle of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and air his favorite musical selections on radio stations, or in discotheques. He referred to one such nocturnal DJ residency at [[The Mudd Club]], on a similar DJ appearance on BBC Radio 1's [[Star Special]], as he introduced his 18th selection;
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 Zappa performed at the club on the [[80/05/08 New York NY US Mudd Club|8th May 1980]]
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 That was, er, “Robot” by The Plastics, a Japanese ensemble. And, er, in order to truly appreciate the nuances involved in this particular production you have to imagine it being played over a really loud disco system in a room that's concrete with no decorations and, er, a guy about 6-foot-5, with a ''blue mohawk'' and a ''black leather jacket'', dancing to it, and it suddenly comes alive in your imagination".</blockquote>
 See also: [[Mudd Club]] (The Track)
 [[Category:Clubs And Bars|Mudd Club, The]]

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	With gender-neutral bathrooms, a rotating gallery on the fourth floor and live performances showcasing punk rock, new wave, and experimental music [[The Mudd Club]] acquired a chic, often elitist reputation and was frequented by many of Manhattan's up-and-coming cult celebrities- such as artists Basquiat and Haring and musicians like Talking Heads' David Byrne and [[Adrian Belew]]. It's popularity increased in proportion to the decline of uptown's [[Studio 54]], a club also referred to in the above song.<br>		With gender-neutral bathrooms, a rotating gallery on the fourth floor and live performances showcasing punk rock, new wave, and experimental music [[The Mudd Club]] acquired a chic, often elitist reputation and was frequented by many of Manhattan's up-and-coming cult celebrities- such as artists Basquiat and Haring and musicians like Talking Heads' David Byrne and [[Adrian Belew]]. It's popularity increased in proportion to the decline of uptown's [[Studio 54]], a club also referred to in the above song.<br>
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		+	On a number of occasions [[FZ]] would don the mantle of '[[Fraudulent DJ]]', and air his favorite musical selections on radio stations, or in discotheques. He referred to one such nocturnal DJ residency at [[The Mudd Club]], on a similar DJ appearance on BBC Radio 1's [[Star Special]], as he introduced his 18th selection;
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		+	<blockquote>"When I was in New York I went to this, er, club, called '''The Mudd Club''', and I was a disc jockey there for a night and I brought in a bunch of records and tried them out on the clientele at this particular establishment. One toon that got their buttocks pumping up and down in quite a frenzied manner was this next number, erm, by The Plastics. Its called “Robot”.<br><br>
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		+	[FZ playlist, Track 18: "[[Robot (The Track)\|Robot]]" - by [[The Plastics]], was then played]<br><br>
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		+	That was, er, “Robot” by The Plastics, a Japanese ensemble. And, er, in order to truly appreciate the nuances involved in this particular production you have to imagine it being played over a really loud disco system in a room that's concrete with no decorations and, er, a guy about 6-foot-5, with a ''blue mohawk'' and a ''black leather jacket'', dancing to it, and it suddenly comes alive in your imagination".</blockquote>
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		+	See also: [[Mudd Club]] (The Track)

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